Convoy DP-15

Convoy DP-15 was a supply convoy headed from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Plymouth in England. On 2 February 1943, a squadron of Italian submarines headed to intercept the convoy in the Straits of Messina (off Sicily) as it headed down the Suez Canal to head for Dubai. The submarines sunk 3 British transport ships in another one of the submarine actions of World War II.